Bab 725: Whistle

Lianqing felt that he had been deceived. The Dragon King had referred to the following as a little 'burden': nearly a hundred prestigious ladies of the Western Regions with an entourage of at least seven hundred people, and a thousand female soldiers of the Land of Fragrance. The monk had to escort the largest group of women in the Norland and cross the prairie.

Xiao Fengchai felt that she had been fooled. It turned out that the Dragon King had been preparing to send all the women back to the Western Regions, and that she had never needed to make such pretentious pleadings.

The ladies also felt slighted. It was a good thing to set foot on the road home, but their escorts were only a group of female soldiers and their safety did not feel guaranteed. In their eyes, at least ten thousand horsemen were needed to satisfy their status.